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Period: 1960s
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"Gravity Zero" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
"Gravity Zero" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) "Gravity Zero: 24 x 18 inches Signed on verso Oil on panel Provenance...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Abstraction 1. 1964, paper, gouache, 83 x 59, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Abstraction 1. 1964, paper, gouache, 83 x 59, 5 cm Gunars Klava (1933 – 1989) Gunars Klava was born in 1933 in Priekule. 1953 - graduated from J. Rosenthal Art School 1964 - began...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

'Abstract, Ebony & Rust', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Large Oil
By Eral Leek
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Eral" for Eral Leek (American, 20th century) and dated 1962. A substantial, mid-century oil abstract comprising bold, overlapping rectangular compositional elem...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Incredible American Modernist New York City Central Park Plaza View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really impressive mid 1900s American school painting of Central Park. An amazing piece with hints of abstraction. Framed. No signature found.
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Modern 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

JESTERS LAMENT XI 1963 Abstract Expressionist Painting Tibor de Nagy Gallery
By Richard Tum Suden
Located in Surfside, FL
size includes frame 20X20 sight size. Richard tum Suden (1936, Brooklyn NY) Painter, sculptor, graphic artist, has taught at Parsons School of Design in New York, Art Students League...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Synthetic Resin, Acrylic

Four Figures, Framed Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by John Uht
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Uht, American (1924 - 2010) Title: Four Figures Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on canvas, signed l.l. Size: 40 in. x 30 in. (101.6 cm x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 46.5 x 36.5 in...
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Modern 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Studio Interior" Diana Kurz, 1964 Abstract Expressionist Interior Composition
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Studio Interior, 1964 Signed, titled, dated on verso Oil on canvas 52 x 72 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's fami...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Composition in green and yellow, watercolor and gouache on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011) Composition in green and yellow Watercolor and gouache on paper Signed lower left Dimensions of the work: 50 x 65 cm Dimensions of the frame: 60 x 80 c...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Mid Century Abstract Geometric painting Gold Balls Maroon Framed American
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract geometric painting by an unknown artist in an artist made natural wood frame.
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Abstract Geometric 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting Edward Avedisian Color Circles
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian ( 1936-2007 ) 17.5 X 8.75 Oil paint on wood panel This is not signed on front. It bears his name verso. Provenance: Hudson, N.Y. estate of noted Art Collector Alber...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Metallurgy, Pop Art Painting by Jack Brusca
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jack Brusca, American (1939 - 1993) Title: Metallurgy Year: 1968 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, dated and titled verso Size: 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
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Abstract Geometric 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dans le Monde du Feu, Trois Forme de Perfectionment by Francois Arnal
By François Arnal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Francois Arnal, French (1924 - 2012) Title: Dans le Monde de Feu, Trois Formes de Perfectionment Year: 1962 Medium: Oil and Spraypaint on Canvas...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Very beautiful double-sided abstract painting in a very good condition.
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Abstract Painting – Blue, Gray & Black Art
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1963 abstract painting is a stunning piece by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968), a prominent Colorado Springs artist known for his contributions to mid-century modern...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Surrealist Oil Painting By Fernand Carette, 20th Century
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Fernand Carette 1921- 2005 Futuristic surrealist landscape . oil painting by Belgian artist Carette painted during the 1960s while he was working with the Phases group . 64cm x 49cm ...
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Surrealist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Mid-Century Style Painting 'Discovering Beefcake 1965 #1' Nude Male Gay
Located in Glenford, NY
In the Mid-Century Modern style of the 1960s, artist Gregory Cary recalls discovering "Beefcake" male nude photography when he was thirteen years...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Tompkins Square (Abstract Figurative Urban Landscape Painting of New York City)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract Figurative city landscape painting of Tompkins Square in Manhattan "Tompkins Square" painted by William Clutz in 1960 Oil on canvas, signed at bottom 30 x 25 inches, 30.5 x...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting Titled "Scheherazade"
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich titled Scheherazade, created in the 1960's. This painting is currently featured in the Tongues of Flame exhibit...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Cubist Abstract Flower Still Life Large Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
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Cubist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage American Modernist Portrait of a Man Original Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1970. Signed. Image size, 5.5"L x 8.5"H.
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Unitled
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper. Signed in pencil, lower right corner.
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Dark Stripes
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media painting and collage on board by American artist James Koenig. Created in 1970, this work is part of the Draw Near exhibition currently on view at Benjaman G...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Board, Mixed Media, Oil

Accent Marks, Abstract Acrylic Painting by C. Stone
By C. Stone
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: C. Stone Title: Accent Marks Year: circa 1960 Medium: Acrylic and Sand on Canvas, Signed l.l. Size: 30 x 36 inches (76 x 91.5 cm)
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Landscape. 1964. Oil on cardboard, 48x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Spring landscape with house and trees A. Zviedris was a member of the Latvian Artists’ Union since 1945 and had more than 50 solo exhibitions in Latvia. He travelled extensively by y...
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Impressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Abstract Rush Hour - Mid 20th Century Abstract Piece by John Bolam
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
John Bolam was born in 1922 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. He originally studied painting at Hornsey School of Art and furniture design at High Wycombe School of Art. He subsequently ...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid-century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich. Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016) Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whose work is i...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Abstraction" Mid-Century Abstract Non-Objective Color Field oil painting modern
Located in New York, NY
"Abstraction" Mid-Century Abstract Non-Objective Color Field oil painting modern James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) "Abstraction," 28 ½ x 20 inches. Estate...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wave of Ur, Asian Ocean abstract
By Arthur Okamura
Located in Greenwich, CT
A dreamy and expertly painted abstraction by this noted American/Asian artist. Presented in a contemporary and high quality silvered leaf float frame which allows it to breath. Wave of Ur...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

End of the Street I
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sally Kissinger Wilt (American, 1936-2004) Title: End of Street I Year: Circa 1963 Medium: oil on canvas Size: 48 x 53 inches unframed Signature: Signed “Wilt” reverse Condi...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Highland Figures, Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Painting by John Kinnear
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Kinnear, Canadian (1922 - 2003) Title: Highland Figures Medium: Acrylic on masonite, signed lower right Date: circa 1960 Image Size: 22 x 38 ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

Queen Emma - Alan Davie, painting, modern, british, big, large, colorful, colors
Located in London, GB
Alan Davie (1920-2014) Queen Emma June 1968 oil on canvas (triptych) 213.5 x 404 cm signed, dated and titled (on the verso) Price: £300,000 GBP (inc. 20% U...
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Modern 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

October 1, from Betty Parsons Gallery, India ink on paper, Signed Framed w/label
Located in New York, NY
Jack Youngerman October 1, from Betty Parsons Gallery, 1964 India ink on paper, with original Betty Parsons Gallery label Pencil signed and dated '64 on the front; also signed, title...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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India Ink

Jamaica II, Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Robert Bengtsson
By Robert Bengtsson
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Robert Bengtsson from 1966. An abstract expressionist style painting of amorphous shapes in shades of yellow, faint recognition of the word 'Jamaica' in background...
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Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Color Field Female Artist Bright Signed Post-Painterly Abstraction 1960
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Orange Composition" is a painting with stain acrylic dye by Faith Taylor-Lund. The painting is orange with a fluid pink stain on the left. Artwork Size: 72" x 66" Artist's Statem...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Antique American Modernist Sunset Seascape Signed Framed Rolling Waves Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist seascape sunset oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 28 by 32 inches overall, and 20 by 24 painting alone.. In excellent origina...
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Modern 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Frederic Karoly Vintage Drip Painting
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Fred Karoly (1897-1987) Oil on Canvas created 1963. In excellent condition. A very attractive abstract subject and typical for the artist. Signed and dated 1963 on the verso. Framed simply in a modern black wood frame. Measures 28"h x 24"w. Frame size: 29.5"h x 25.5"w x 1.25"d. Fredric Karoly was born in Budapest in 1897. According to Karoly's own vitae, his exhibition history began in New York in 1947, when at the age of 54 he took part in a four-person group show at Hugo Gallery. His involvement with visual art however was apparently lifelong. In a brief introduction to his solo show at Galerie Mai in Paris in June of 1949, Jen Luc de Rudder, reports that Karoly began painting at the age of 12 in Budapest. After several years of studying, then working in London, Paris and Berlin, Karoly emigrated to the United States in 1925 or 1926. In New York, Karoly worked in women's fashion as a designer. By the early 1950's, Karoly started experimenting with the drip...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Special Green
By Gordon Appelbe Smith
Located in Vancouver, CA
"Special Green, 1967" by Gordon Smith, signed on the reverse. Dive into the vibrant world of "Special Green," a captivating painting from 1967 by the celebrated Canadian artist, G...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting Dog Drawing Edward Avedisian
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian ( 1936-2007 ) 7.5 X 5.75 Oil paint on wood panel This is not signed on front. It bears his name verso. Provenance: Hudson, N.Y. estate of noted Art Collector Albert...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel, Graphite

Bicyclists, Framed Abstract Expressionist Painting by John Uht
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Uht, American (1924 - 2010) Title: Bicyclists Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.l. Size: 36 in. x 24 in. (91.44 cm x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 44 x 32 inches
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Black and White Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Stacha Halpern
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white abstract figurative painting by Polish-Australian artist, Stacha Halpern. This painting depicts large, thick, and bold black and white strokes accentuated by reds, bl...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Acid-Wave
Located in New York, NY
Striking 3-dimensional acrylic and wood on canvas sculpture by renowned Colombian painter an sculptor, Omar Rayo. Signed, titled, inscribed "New Yo...
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Op Art 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Figurative Oil Painting - All Together
Located in Bristol, GB
ALL TOGETHER Size: 55 x 64.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A richly textured mid-century abstract figurative painting, executed in oil onto canvas. Simple yet effective in it...
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Modern 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Abstract Geometric Oil Monotype Painting 1966 Chelsea Hotel
By Rene Shapshak
Located in Surfside, FL
21.5x17 with mat , 14.5x10.75 without mat. Noted artist and sculptor, Dr. Rene Shapshak was born in Paris, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris (that produced such giants as Claude Monet and Pierre Renoir), London, Bruxelles, emigrated to South Africa in 1932 or 1934, lived in Johannesburg (47 Saunders Street, Yeoville - where he held art classes for many years), executed numerous commissions, was committee member of the Transvaal Art Society, Johannesburg, 1937; left for the USA in 1954, his wife Eugenie and sons Leon, Maurice and Paul followed in August, 1955, the family staying for years at the famous Chelsea Hotel, with an atelier nearby at 219 7th Ave cor. 23rd St, New York NY. He showed there in a number of exhibits and was a denizen of the hotel along with many other famous artists. The Hotel has collected and displayed the work of many visual artists including Jackson Pollack, Larry Rivers, Christo, John Sloan, Arman, Francisco Clemente, Ralph Gibson, Rene Shapshak, Robert Mapplethorpe, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Robert Crumb, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Willem De Koonig, and Henri Cartier- Bresson. Dr. Shapshak had become a world-renowned artist and sculptor, bringing his artistic and cultural contributions to many countries. His art is represented in Buckingham Palace, in the Rothschild, Schiff and Schonegevel Collections in England and Athens, Greece and in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. He did sculptures of Mahatma Ghandi and John Cecil Rhodes...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Monotype

Abstract Landscape
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor painting by American artist Wes Olmsted depicting an abstract landscape view.
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American Modern 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

Romeo de Ravenne - Cubist Oil, Figure & Boat on Landscape by Camille Hilaire
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on canvas by French cubist painter Camile Hilaire. The piece beautifully depicts a man at a port beside boats coloured in reds, blues and oranges. A wonderfully...
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Cubist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

City 9. 1964, monotype, 44.5x64.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City 9. 1964, monotype, 44.5x64.4cm Soikans Nikolay, pseudonym Niklo de Martell (till 1953.) 1926. 9 IX Ludza – 1980. 21 II Lester, Great Britain – graphic artist. He was born a...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Monotype

Minimalist Painting New York American Artist Female Maroon Green Orange 1966
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic on linen canvas by American artist Martica Miguens. The artist's estate was recently unearthed and acquired by Benjaman Gallery. ...
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Minimalist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Acrylic

Antique American Modernist Signed Abstract Framed Landscape Nature Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 18 by 21 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a ...
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Modern 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Study #26, 1960s Gouache painting Signed Framed Pace & Hudson Gallery provenance
Located in New York, NY
Jack Youngerman Untitled Study #26, 1967 Gouache painting on paper (with original JL Hudson and PACE Gallery labels) Hand signed and dated '67 on the front; J.L. Hudson Gallery Label on Verso. Unique Abstract Expressionist work on paper Frame included Framed Measurements: Framed: 15 inches by 15 inches by 1.5 inch Artwork: 7.75 inches by 7.5 inches Provenance From the estate of Anne Markley Spivak J. L. Hudson Gallery Label affixed to verso (back). The J.L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, Michigan This 1967 unique, signed gouache painting by renowned abstract expressionist painter Jack Youngerman was acquired from the estate of Anne Markley Spivak. It is held in the original vintage metal frame with the original J.L. Hudson Gallery label, as well as the PACE gallery label on the verso The artwork has been newly loated and framed in a museum quality white wood frame; the original labels from the original back board have been affixed to the back to preserve provenance. Jack Youngerman Biography Jack Youngerman was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 25, 1926. He moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1929 and studied at the University of Missouri, Columbia from 1944 to 1946 under a wartime navy training program. He graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 1947 and, that same year, he returned to Missouri to finish his Bachelor’s degree in Journalism before moving to Paris on a G.I. scholarship. In Paris, Youngerman enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, studying drawing with Jean Souverbie. He explored Paris, taking in the cathedrals, museums, and history in order to grasp a greater sense of art history. He also traveled to the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Italy, and Greece on fine art excursions. In 1948, Youngerman became friends with Ellsworth Kelly, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Cesar – fellow students at Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He married Delphine Seyrig in 1950, and later that year he had his first group exhibition at Galerie Maeght in Paris. He visited the studios of Constantín Brancusi and Jean Arp and became heavily influenced by the organic forms present in their work. He also met artist Alexander Calder through his father-in-law, Henri Seyrig, and experimental filmmaker and artist, Robert Breer...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Sun
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original hard edge abstraction by American artist James Koenig. This work titled "Sun" is part of the Draw Near exhibition currently on view at Benjaman Gallery.
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Hard-Edge 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

ABSTRACTION Mid-Century Abstract Color Field oil American Modern James Daugherty
Located in New York, NY
ABSTRACTION Mid-Century Abstract Non-Objective Color Field oil American Modern James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) "Unidentified Flying Object," 12 x 16 inc...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Untiled" Edward Zutrau, 1963 Intense Color Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau Untiled, 4/1963 Signed and dated on stretcher bar Oil on linen 35 1/2 x 51 inches Edward Zutrau is among the American artists who worked within the whirlwind of diver...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Metallic Water, unique 1960s Op Art painting (signed), Art Institute of Chicago
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Metallic Water, 1964 Painting with Liquitex on canvas. (1964 Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition and J.L. Hudson Gallery) Signed boldly and dated 1964 on the ver...
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Op Art 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

Mid Century Modern Oil Painting Abstract Expressionist Forms Purple Green purple
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid-century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich. This work comes housed in an original artist made frame. The painting is signed ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Rectangle Abstraction" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field
Located in New York, NY
"Rectangle Abstraction" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field James Daugherty (1887 - 1974) Rectangle Abstraction 13 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1960s Signe...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Cronus Dining" David Hare, Yellow & White Mythological Surrealist Composition
Located in New York, NY
David Hare Cronus Dining, 1968 Graphite, acrylic, paper collage on board 44 x 34 inches “Freedom is what we want,” David Hare boldly stated in 1965, but then he added the caveat, “and what we are most afraid of.” No one could accuse David Hare of possessing such fear. Blithely unconcerned with the critics’ judgments, Hare flitted through most of the major art developments of the mid-twentieth century in the United States. He changed mediums several times; just when his fame as a sculptor had reached its apogee about 1960, he switched over to painting. Yet he remained attached to surrealism long after it had fallen out of official favor. “I can’t change what I do in order to fit what would make me popular,” he said. “Not because of moral reasons, but just because I can’t do it; I’m not interested in it.” Hare was born in New York City in 1917; his family was both wealthy and familiar with the world of modern art. Meredith (1870-1932), his father, was a prominent corporate attorney. His mother, Elizabeth Sage Goodwin (1878-1948) was an art collector, a financial backer of the 1913 Armory Show, and a friend of artists such as Constantin Brancusi, Walt Kuhn, and Marcel Duchamp. In the 1920s, the entire family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and later to Colorado Springs, in the hope that the change in altitude and climate would help to heal Meredith’s tuberculosis. In Colorado Springs, Elizabeth founded the Fountain Valley School where David attended high school after his father died in 1932. In the western United States, Hare developed a fascination for kachina dolls and other aspects of Native American culture that would become a recurring source of inspiration in his career. After high school, Hare briefly attended Bard College (1936-37) in Annandale-on-Hudson. At a loss as to what to do next, he parlayed his mother’s contacts into opening a commercial photography studio and began dabbling in color photography, still a rarity at the time [Kodachrome was introduced in 1935]. At age 22, Hare had his first solo exhibition at Walker Gallery in New York City; his 30 color photographs included one of President Franklin Roosevelt. As a photographer, Hare experimented with an automatist technique called “heatage” (or “melted negatives”) in which he heated the negative in order to distort the image. Hare described them as “antagonisms of matter.” The final products were usually abstractions tending towards surrealism and similar to processes used by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved to Roxbury, CT, where he fraternized with neighboring artists such as Alexander Calder and Arshile Gorky, as well as Yves Tanguy who was married to Hare’s cousin Kay Sage, and the art dealer Julian Levy. The same year, Hare received a commission from the American Museum of Natural History to document the Pueblo Indians. He traveled to Santa Fe and, for several months, he took portrait photographs of members of the Hopi, Navajo, and Zuni tribes that were published in book form in 1941. World War II turned Hare’s life upside down. He became a conduit in the exchange of artistic and intellectual ideas between U.S. artists and the surrealist émigrés fleeing Europe. In 1942, Hare befriended Andre Breton, the principal theorist of surrealism. When Breton wanted to publish a magazine to promote the movement in the United States, he could not serve as an editor because he was a foreign national. Instead, Breton selected Hare to edit the journal, entitled VVV [shorth for “Victory, Victory, Victory”], which ran for four issues (the second and third issues were printed as a single volume) from June 1942 to February 1944. Each edition of VVV focused on “poetry, plastic arts, anthropology, sociology, (and) psychology,” and was extensively illustrated by surrealist artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Roberto Matta, and Yves Tanguy; Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp served as editorial advisors. At the suggestion of Jacqueline Lamba...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Graphite

Sienna Abstraction
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist painting created in 1962 by American artist James Koenig. This work will be featured in our exhibition "Draw Near" which will run from March 11...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

City 13. 1966, paper, monotype, varnish, 47x77 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City 13. 1966, paper, monotype, varnish, 47x77 cm Soikans Nikolay, pseudonym Niklo de Martell (till 1953.) 1926. 9 IX Ludza – 1980. 21 II Lester, Great Britain – graphic artist. ...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Monotype, Varnish

Untitled (Green and Purple Circle)
Located in Austin, TX
Acrylic on canvas. Signed verso. 36.5 x 36 in. 42.75 x 42.25 in. (framed) Custom framed in a solid maple tray frame with an heirloom white finish. Provenance Private Collection, C...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

City 14. 1964, paper, monotype, 47x62 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City 14. 1964, monotype, 47x62 cm Soikans Nikolay, pseudonym Niklo de Martell (till 1953.) 1926. 9 IX Ludza – 1980. 21 II Lester, Great Britain – graphic artist. He was born at ...
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Abstract 1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Monotype

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